Rosie's Cider

Cidery in Llandegla, Wrexham, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2005

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Dafarn Dywyrch, Llandegla, LL11 3BA, Wales
Description
I am Steve Hughes, a farmer’s son with an MBA. Ex factory worker. Not scared of hard work. Rosie was our Jack Russell and used to help me plant the orchard. A brilliant little dog whose name lives on.

After my initial 5 gallons of cider made in 2005, I started planting up cider orchards. We now have over 1000 standard apple trees made up of 69 different varieties, all trying their best to cling on at 1000 feet above sea level. I have now got a feel for those apple varieties that work well up here (and the ones that rather wish they lived further South).

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle.  Pours dark gold with medium carbonation.  Aroma is medium dry musty apples.  Taste has medium dry apple juice to start with a sweet finish.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2022 at 21:26


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

28/1/2022. Bottle sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers. Pours clear dark gold with minimal head. Aroma is medium sweet apple, funky, baked apple, slight mucky barnyard notes. Medium plus sweetness, moderate tartness. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Nice sweet tart mix to finish. Enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2022 at 15:11


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

14/1/2022. Bottle sample courtesy of minutemat, cheers. Pours clear golden with minimal head. Aroma is woody, semi-sweet apple, light mucky funky edge. Moderate sweetness and light citric tart. Moderate body, watery texture, soft carbonation. Light dryness to finish. Pretty decent.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jan 2022 at 10:50


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle from Purple Moose shop, Betws Y Coed. Pours clear gold. Aroma is oaky, dry cider. Taste is moderately carbonated, extremely dry with a woody tannic, edge, good farmhouse cider air with distant vinegar hints, finishing dry. Like it, has a nice scumpy feel about it.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2021 at 19:42


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle from Purple Moose shop, Betws Y Coed. Pours clear gold, sparkling. Aroma of floral apple orchard, apple skin. Taste presents an appealing medium-sweet blend, blossoming apple fruit with vivid apple skin and core notes, lightly caramelised fruit with a great fleshy fruit character. Really changed my opinion on Rosies after trying some savagely sharp editions from box years ago.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2021 at 19:01


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

BiAB at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2021. Slightly hazy golden colour, no lasting head and aroma of fruity apple, mucky funk. Taste is fruity apple, mellow, with soft tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite drinkable

Tried on 13 Oct 2021 at 15:17


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to SHIG. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a decent white fizz that fades. Aroma is semi swet, brown sugars, licks of vinegar, spicy tart apple. little barnyard on the nose. Flavour is composed semi sweet, apple curd, light bark, spicy verging on vinegar. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, highish carbonation.

Tried on 16 Apr 2021 at 19:15


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Panda at home, thanks to SHIG, 11/04/21. Clear golden with a decent enough white covering as ciders go. Nose is crisp apple, orchard wood, tannins, apple core. Taste comprises sweet apple pulp, apple pie, sugars, tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok but too sweet for me and lacking some balance in this respect.

Tried on 11 Apr 2021 at 19:42


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

21/4/2021. Bottle sample courtesy of SHIG, cheers! Pours clear bright golden with a small short lasting bubbly white head. Aroma of semi-sweet apples, caramel, sugary baked apple, light woody and mucky notes. Medium plus sweetness and light tartness. Medium body, quite fizzy. Drying, lightly tart and sweet fruity finish. Pretty decent.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Apr 2021 at 15:39


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle: Poured a golden with white head. Aroma is apple, tannins, pungent. Taste is carbonated, sweet, apple, sugary.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2021 at 21:30